Pivot-hinge



PIVOT HINGE.

APBUCATION man MAR. 1. |919.

1,324,667. Patent-ed Deo. 9,1919.

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PIVOT-HINGE.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented Dec.v9, 1919.

Application ledMarch' 1, 1919; SerialV No. 2805114.

Be it vknown that l, JOHN Z. HA-NsoN, a citizen of thef United' States,and' a resident of Muscle Shoals, in the county of Colbert andi Stateof. Alabama, have inventeda new andv Improved Pivot-Hinge',V of whichthe following is a iuflil, clear, and exact description. v

rlhis invention relates to pivot hinges and particularly to` aniimproved pivot hinge and associate parte used?V with lids and containersassociated therewith. The object in view is to provide a pivot hingewhich may be easily operated for normally holding the* lid of a can inaplace and permitting Vthe easy movement thereof to one side so as touncover' thetopv of. the container or can.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a pivot hinge andoperating mechanism which will', when operated', first raise the lid ofa can and then turn `the saine to an open osition.

A further object is to provide a pivot hinge for lids of cans which willordinarily lock the lid in place and which will ordinarily be quicklyand easily turned toene side, and upon ari upward movement of the hingethe lid may be bodily removed".

n. the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one embodiment4 of` the invention, sainebeing shown applied.

ig. 2 is al sectional view through Fig. 1 on` line 2 2.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4fis a' horizontal section through Fig. 1 on line Fig. 5 is asideview of a can with a slightly modified form or the invention shownappliedv thereto.

Fig. v6 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 5, the lid being'shown in an open'p'osition.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section throughv a slightly modified form of theinvention to that shown. in Fig. 5, the sainer being taken on line 7 7of Fig. 8.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the construction shown in Fig. 7 4

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals 1 indicates the upperpart of a can or container which is normally covered by' a lid 27 whichmay be sheet metal and which may be perfectly fiat, though preferably itis provided with a depending iange 3 as is used in garbage cans andthe'like.

A supporting bracket 4 is riveted or otherthe plate 8. The plate 8 acts'as rotating means when moved upwardly for rotating the bari-el Zand alsothe lid 2 to which it is secured in' any desired manner. Preferably thevbarrel T is made from sheet metal bent into a tubular torni,` saidbarrel having Arigidly secured thereto, by solder or other wise, thefiat plate 8 which extends entirely through the barrel' and is twistedat the lower end, while the upper end is preferably split and bent overso as to receive suitable' rivets extending through the cross bai" 10.Thiscross bar is not only secured to the upper end of plate 8, but isriveted or otherwise rigidly secured' te the lid 2 and is bent centrallyfor providinga handle 12. This handle is provided inorderthat the covermay be moved upwardly at any time and the barrel 7 and-plate Sreinoved.In order that the lid 2 may be elevated and' then rotated to a positionVfrom above the canl, the plate 8 is provided with a' straight portion1.5 and a twisted portion 8 inerOi'iig into av pointed end 11G whichrests on an outstanding ear 17 of the fiat har 18, which flat bai"e'Xtei-ids' througha suitable slot 19 in the ear 6. Bar' 1181 ispivotal'ly connected at'20 to lever 21 which leverriiil' turnis'pivotally mounted at 22 onE thebracketV e rlihe outer end of' the.lever 21 may be Yformed iii any desiredV manner, as for 4instance* witha. turned overv portion. 23 so as" to be easily operated.V By thisconstruction and arrangement, whenever the turnedover portion 23 isvpushed.downwardly the lever 21 will move the bar 18 upwardly andconsequently will act on thepoint 16 for moving the bar 8 upwardly. Fora short distance the bar 8, Y

barrel 7 and lid 2 will move in a straight line vertically and then thecurved part 8 will engage the side walls of the slot .521i and rotatethe barrel 7 and parts connected therewith including the lid 2 until itreaches a full open position upon the extreme movement otl the lever Thevoight of the iid and associate parts is car d by uhe outstanding ear i7so 'that i. ien lever 2l is released the lid will automa Uically returnto a. closed position.

In large cans, as for instance what is known as a street can a slightlydifferent arrangement ot levers is provided as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.ln this form of the invention the bracket il is similar to bracket iexcept that it is only slightly wider than the bar i8', which bar actsin a similar manner to the preferred structure, as well as the plate 8ant the barrel 7 Connected to the top of he plate 8 is preferably a flatcomparatively narrow plate which is also connected to the lid 2 so thatwhen the barrel 7 is raised the lid will also be raised and turned asthe barrel is turned. A pair of encircling levers 26 and 27 arepivotally connected with the upper end of the bar 18, said levers beingalso pivotally connected to brackets 2S ard 29 riveted or otherwiserigidly secured to the can 30. The levers 26 and 27 extend around to thefront where they are preferably pivotally connected together and to abar 3l which has an upwardly extending section 32 containing a knob orhandle 33 and a toot member 3i at the lower end, whereby the mechanismmay be operated by a downward movement of the handle 33 or the Jfoot ofthe operator may be placed on the projection 34. it is, ot course,evident that the levers Q6 and 27 could be rigidly secured together, orformed integral at the front and the bar 3l pivotally connectedtherewith without departing from the spirit oit the invention.

In Figs. 7 and 8 will be seen a further modified form of the inventionin which the mechanism is operated only by the foot. The bracket e andassociate parts are identical with that shown in Fig. 5, whereas thelever 35 is pivotally mounted at 36 on the can 37 and pivotallyconnected to the bar 18 so as to move said bar upwardly when it isdesired to open the lid 2. The outer or free end ot the lever 35 has alink 38 connected therewith, said link having a toot member 39 arrangedat the bottom thereof which is preferably near the bottom of the canwhereby when the Jfoot is placed on this toot member and presseddownwardly bar 18" will be raised and the lid 2 elevated and turned toone side as described in respect to Figs. 5 and 6 and also as indicatedin Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

lhat I claim is:

l. A pivot hinge for cans having removable lids comprising a bracketadapted to be secured to the can, said bracket being formed withoutstandin,c ears, one of which has a round aperture and the other afiat aperture, tubular elevating member fitted into said round aperture,a flat plate secured to said tubular member and extending therethroughand also through said flat aperture, the tubular member being twisted atthe bottom presenting turning cams, means at the top for securing thelid of said can thereto, an elevating bar having an outstanding earprojecting between said twisted end, and means for elevating said barwhereby said cover will be elevated and turned to one side as thetwisted part of said plate engages the Walls ot said dat slot.

2. A pivot hinge tor cans having lids comprising a supporting guidingmember, a vertically movable rotary member held in position by saidsupporting guiding member, means 'for connectinc` said verticallymovable member with the lid of said can` means ttor raising saidvertically movable member, a lever encircling said can connected withsaid means, a pair of pivots for said encircling lever, and a manuallyoperated member connected with said lever at the front for actuating thesame.

3. ii pivot hinge for cans having lids comprisi g means for elevatingand turning the lid ot a can, an encircling band for said can connectedwith said means, a pair of journal members -tor said encircling meansfor journaling the same on said can, and an operatmember tor saidencircling means whereby the encircling means acts as al lever, saidoperating means comprising a bar having a handle at one end and a tootmember at the opposite end.

el pivothinge for cans having lids comprising a bracket connected tosaid can, a longitudinally movable member carried by said bracket andconnected with the lid of said can, means for rotating. thelongitudinally movable member so that the lid will be turned to one sidewhen the device is operated, a lever pivotally mounted on said canconnected with said means for actuating the same, and af depending linkhaving a foot gember thereon pivotally connected with said lever formoving the lever when actuated.

JGHN ZACIOUS HANSON.

